System and method for island detection

A system for detecting an island condition in an utility network, comprising:

• a distributed resource connected to the utility network through a feeder line;
• an active detection module monitoring the distributed resource;
• and
• a biasing device connected to the distributed resource, wherein the biasing device is configured to induce a change in at least one operating parameter of the distributed resource by adding a positive ramped value and a negative ramped value to the at least one operating parameter of the distributed resource, and wherein the active detection module is configured to monitor the at least one operating parameter.

A method of system and unit island detection using a detection module for a distributed resource connected to a network having a load and a utility source, comprising:

• setting the detection module for one of a unit detection and a system detection;
• monitoring a circuit breaker of the distributed resource when the detection module is set for unit detection;
• monitoring a circuit breaker of the utility source when the detection module is set for system detection;
• detecting an island event based on the monitored circuit breaker, wherein detecting an island event includes adding a positive ramped value and a negative ramped value to an output of the distributed resource and monitoring the output;
• and
• initiating an anti-islanding procedure when the island event is detected.